Blogwatch

Oh for those halcyon days of Mike Read, Mike Smith and Steve Wright! Inspector Sands laments the demise of 'Top Of The Pops', while Diamond Geezer looks back at what used to make it must-watch TV - "The most important part of TotP should be the music, not all the peripheral fluff that's grown to smother the show over the last decade. We don't care if Britney is on tour in Las Vegas, or what Geri Halliwell's favourite colour is. We can get enough of that crap on Saturday mornings thankyou. We just want the music".

Elsewhere:

He Only Lives Twice has to endure the hell that is the corporate presentation / conference - "Exciting numbers, exciting opportunities, colourful pie charts. Made-up words. In the vein of Iain Dowie’s bouncebackability but sillier, with more superfluous flourish";

Mark presents us with a rogues' gallery of some of his namesakes;

Vaughan is left sleep-deprived and traumatised by a troubling thought - "What if there are even more Bedingfield siblings waiting for their chance to begin a pop music career?";

and Jonny B is left disappointed by the delivery of his latest consignment of organic vegetables...